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Spring 2018 Community Art Survey Pg. 10 Basic Birding and Owl Prowling Pg. 14 Salmon Health Pg. 28 Chad & Cyndi Ohrt not only LIST homes in Normandy Park, but they also SELL homes in Normandy Park! Give us a call today. SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD Chad & Cyndi Ohrt Broker/Managing Broker [email protected] OhrtRealEstateGroup.com Chad:(206)227-4500 Cyndi:(206)919-1109 [email protected] New Police Officer ................................................. 20 Block Watch Program ............................................ 20 Inside Officer Hiring Status .............................................. 20 From the Mayor ....................................................... 4 Women’s Self-Defense .......................................... 21 Council Corner......................................................... 6 Normandy Park’s Trees ......................................... 22 Budget Advisory Group............................................ 8 Tree Canopy Assessment ..................................... 22 Word Search ............................................................ 9 New Transportation Options .................................. 24 Community Art Survey ...................................... 10-12 Word Search Answer Key ...................................... 25 Basic Birding and Owl Prowling........................ 14-15 Photographer Doug Early ...................................... 26 Two New Fitness Classes ..................................... 16 Spring Calendar of Events..................................... 27 Golf and Horticulture Programs ............................. 17 Local Salmon Health ............................................. 28 Poetry in the Park .................................................. 18 From the City Manager .......................................... 30 Soar Above Puget Sound SPRING 2018 City Scene is published by Philips Publishing Group for the City of Normandy Park PUBLISHER Peter Philips: 206-284-8285 [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES Greg Borland 206-979-6928 [email protected] EXECUTIVE EDITOR Mark Hoppen 206-248-8246 MANAGING EDITOR Brooks Wall 206-248-8248 ACCOUNTING Crystal Alaniz LESLIE NEWMAN \\ www.leslienewman.com [email protected] \\ 206.769.8882 CITY HALL Sound Auto Care specializes in the 801 SW 174th Street diagnostics, repair and maintenance Normandy Park WA 98166 of European, Asian cars and trucks. CITY HALL MAIN LINE Is Your Car Ready For Winter? 206-248-7603 Our Winter Ready Service Includes: • Oil and Filter Service • Multi Point Inspection • Tire Rotation Chad & Cyndi Ohrt • Tread and Air Pressure check 4257 24th Avenue W • Fluid Inspection Seattle, WA 98199 • Battery Test Broker/Managing Broker 206-284-8285 www.philipspublishing.com Call 206-246-3888 www.soundautocare.com | 18451 Des Moines Memorial Dr. | SeaTac [email protected] OhrtRealEstateGroup.com Chad:(206)227-4500 Cyndi:(206)919-1109 [email protected] NORMANDY PARK CITY SCENE | SPRING 2018 3 CITY DIRECTORY Jonathan Chicquette City Hall Mayor 801 SW 174th Street Normandy Park WA 98166 City Hall Main Line Recently, the City Council conducted a workshop. In attendance 206-248-7603 Police Non-Emergency were the City Council and several members of the Planning 206-248-7600 Commission and a group of residents. The meeting was to focus Police & City Hall on solutions; everyone came with great ideas and team spirit. The Office Hours 8:30am–4:30pm most intriguing part of the exercise was looking for themes in the and closed noon–1pm solutions suggested, and the language used to convey them. After Monday through Friday City Administration reviewing my notes, I found one theme that stood out, education. City Manager 206-248-8246 Often as residents of Normandy Park, we find ourselves wondering, City Clerk do I need a permit for building a fence? Who do I call if my dog 206-248-8248 Finance Director has gone missing? How do I report a flood at Walker Creek? It’s in 206-248-8251 these moments of questioning that a city should be doing its best Accounting Specialist to offer easy to find answers. In most cases, those answers are a 206-248-8247 Community Development phone call away. In others, a quick visit to the new City website will Director do the trick. Regardless of the venue, educating people makes for 206-248-8253 a better community and a safer place to live for all. Parks Director 206-248-8257 With education and community building in mind, our Chief of Permit Tech 206-248-8260 Police, Dan Yourkoski, has conducted a few community meetings Public Works Operations where he has shared the statistics of law enforcement activity in 206-248-8269 the city and things people can do to be safer on the go and at Public Works Engineer 206-248-8256 home. The one thing that many residents may have missed by not Recreation/Facility attending is the simple message of using 9-1-1 to contact the police Scheduling department. It doesn’t matter if it’s an emergency or not, calling 9-1- 206-248-7603 Police Chief 1 is the thing to do. This straightforward process allows dispatching 206-248-7600 of the police in a timely and efficient manner. Bottom line, your calls Police Records Manager get answered. 206-248-7600 Passport Office Hours 9:00am–4:00pm The benefits of having a dedicated city-run police force is just one Tuesday, Wednesday, of the many ways Normandy Park is different in a significant way. Thursday. Appointment required and may be made The safety of our residents comes first. by calling 206-248-8248 4 NORMANDY PARK CITY SCENE | SPRING 2018 Highline Cancer Center helps you take on life’s roughest moments. When you or someone you love is facing a cancer diagnosis, you need a partner that’s up to the challenge. That’s why we’ve created the region’s most comprehensive cancer care team at Highline Cancer Center, complete with leading-edge technology and a new clinical partnership with Virginia Mason Health System for radiation oncology. Because with the region’s top experts by your side, nding the right course becomes a lot more achievable. Find out more at chifranciscan.org/cancer. NORMANDY PARK CITY SCENE | SPRING 2018 5 INFORMATION Job Number 084-14883 Trim 8.375 x 10.875 in Modifi cation Date March 12, 2018 9:40 AM Client CHI Franciscan Bleed 8.625 x 11.125 in Output Date 03/12/18 2 Highline Rad-Onc FP NPCS [8.375 x 7.875 x 10.375 in 1 Description Live Page # 10.875] File Path PKShare:Production:Clients:CHI Franciscan:084-14883_Highline Rad-Onc Creative:fi nal_deliverables:084-14883_Highline Rad-Onc FP NPCS [8.375 x 10: SIGN-OFF Notes [ ] CD Chris Preston [ ] AD Peter Tressel [ ] CW Chris Preston [ ] AS Erin Burk [ ] AM [ ] PM Beth Elmore [ ] PA Mike Fritz Council Corner It was only a few advocacy from Normandy Ferrer-Santa Ines, has done years ago that the Park citizens a second shot a fantastic job bringing new City of Normandy at a levy lift passed. Such is common sense budget Park was in the new norm of how the city’s processes and reporting to the Mike Bishoff a challenging budget and finances work, City. Under her guidance, our Deputy Mayor, Normandy Park financial situation and it’s essential that we all bond rating has gone from an City Council eventually leading understand the City will need A+ to an AA-, this translates to to unplanned to ask the citizens to vote for the City meeting its financial layoffs and reduction of a small bump in taxes about commitment on its long-term services. There were rumors every five to six years just to debt to be very strong. Also, that the city would dissolve maintain current services— recent Washington State audits and split between Burien unless things change. have not identified any adverse and Des Moines. Citizens findings. While city services While that all might sound dire, stepped in and got creative are not the way they were a city staff and council have to prevent additional police decade or two ago, we are in been busy putting in place force reductions through a much better position these new financial policies and unprecedented fundraising days compared to just a few looking for new sources of and contributions to city years ago. revenue over the last several coffers. This was only a years. These financial policies With all that said, it remains temporary solution, and required the creation of a imperative that we continue long-term planning would be to drive toward great, required to prevent safe neighborhoods, the City from falling with beautiful parks, apart financially. ...it remains imperative that we continue to drive towards a great well-maintained streets In the following year, and properties. To that citizens were asked financial place for the City for all end, the City will need to provide additional the right reasons—great, safe to continue to drive taxes through a levy neighborhoods with beautiful towards self-sustaining lift. The levy lift initially revenue and a stable, failed due in part to a parks and well-maintained sufficient rainy day fund. lack of communication streets and properties. This year, your newly and understanding of seated city council how the City’s budget is making strategic is always in a bit of a decline. strategic “rainy day” fund and economic development a key minimum annual deposits to priority. This conversation is The cause of ongoing help even out the lows when just getting started, and my budget decline is due to the economy turns down. Over plea to you is to get involved the one percent maximum the next eight to ten years, we’ll by attending council and yearly tax increase allowed